AN INFLATON CANDIDATE IN GAUGE MEDIATED SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING

Inflation requires the presence of fields (inflatons) with very flat p otentials. Models of low-energy supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking yield ne w candidates for the inflaton field. We present a simple model for slo w-rollover inflation where the vacuum energy driving inflation is rela ted to the scale of supersymmetry breaking among ordinary particles. T his opens the possibility of gaining possible knowledge about SUSY dyn amics from measurements of the microwave background. Gravitinos do not pose a cosmological problem, while the moduli problem is ameliorated.